Former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female to lead the country, has passed away peacefully at the age of 87, after suffering a stroke whilst staying at the Ritz Hotel in central London. Although known as a contro...
Tokyo Electric Power Company says up to 120 tons of highly radioactive water may have leaked out of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Masayuki Ono is a spokesman for the company, which operates the nuclear plant. We followed correct proce...
Syrian President Bashar Assad has criticized the Arab League for its recent decision to give Syria's seat to the opposition. Assad made the public outcry in an interview with a Turkish television station. The Arab League itself needs legitimacy, it's...
In a statement issued by China's top health authority, 16 people had been confirmed as infected by H7N9 bird flu, and six of them had died. Six cases, including four deaths, were reported in Shanghai, and three cases, including two deaths, were repor...
Hainan is the most southern province in China. It is situated right at the center of the Asia-Pacific Economic Ring, connected with China's Guangdong Province in the north and some southeast Asian countries in the south. Almost every spring since 200...
Ditto is one of the latest high-tech companies to set up shop in San Francisco, California. The company has designed an interactive platform using high tech facial recognition software where you can check your appearance when trying out spectacle fra...
In Beijing Changqingyuan cemetery, there is a special monument engraved with more than 1,000 names. Groups of medical teachers and students were there to pay their respects to the silent teachers, people who have donated their bodies to medical resea...
As the availability of burial plots continues to dwindle and their costs keep increasing, China is encouraging eco-friendly and land-saving burials, but there are a few challenges to overcome before the efforts will make a difference. Professor Qiao...
The City of Copenhagen is well on its way to becoming the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025. Demonstrating its many sustainable initiatives, the country's Copenhagen Solutions exhibit offers inspiration to policymakers, developers and...
One parent in a bookstore in Tianjian municipality says she always keeps her son away from the cartoon book shelf, because most books there focus on war, violence and the darker side of life. Another parent says she often finds inappropriate content...
Two new cases of H7N9 Avian Influenza were reported in Zhejiang yesterday. One of those infected has reportedly already died. Meanwhile, hospital sources in Jiangsu are reporting the five patients confirmed to be infected in that province are not sho...
As the Qingming Festival, also known as the Tomb Sweeping day, approaches and people get ready to honor their departed loved ones, funeral services have once again become a hot topic. Some people complain about the rising cost of funerals and say the...
Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia Zhou Wenzhong explains why this year's theme is about seeking development for all. At a time (when we) saw economic difficulties for various reasons, including political considerations at home, countries c...
Four people in east China's Jiangsu Province have been confirmed as being infected with the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu, bringing the total number of infections in the country to seven. The three women and one man, one of whom is a poultry culler, are...
The Yongbyon complex had been shut down under a previous agreement first crafted in late 2007. The North's announcement to restart the facility came after it passed a law to consolidate the country's status as a defensive nuclear state. The resumptio...
